So, dear forum members, fellows, comrades... Beware of the transition. Make sure you have an alternative booting method at hand (and a rescue LiveCD), because this one, much like the glibc update isn't going to be a smooth one.

Can anyone lend me a hand in transitioning to GRUB2? In helping it find the UUID devices, so it does boot? I followed the Wiki and didn't miss a step.

I can keep on using syslinux, it does what I expect of it (boot my only existing installation, that is), but would eventually like to transition to GRUB2.

Re: From grub to grub2... (and failed restore of grub-legacy!)

Yes, I did and there were no errors whatsoever there - I checked the generated cfg file and everything seemed fine. What worried me, especially, was the fact that restoring the legacy GRUB failed, though. I will eventually nail the transition, but I suspect a few people will get stuck if this happens to them.

Re: From grub to grub2... (and failed restore of grub-legacy!)

I have made a personal commitment not to reply in topics that start with a lowercase letter. Proper grammar and punctuation is a sign of respect, and if you do not show any, you will NOT receive any help (at least not from me).

I have made a personal commitment not to reply in topics that start with a lowercase letter. Proper grammar and punctuation is a sign of respect, and if you do not show any, you will NOT receive any help (at least not from me).

Note: If you used "(hd0,1)" in GRUB Legacy (and it worked), you need to use "(hd0,2)" for GRUB 2, because GRUB 2 starts counting partitions from 1.

Then re-generate your .cfg:

# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

And don't forget to mark it as solved (by editing the first post).

Thanks!

I didn't created 40-custom, I was editing 40_custom (my bad)

after changing the root to hd0,2 I can boot into the windows

Your guide however doesnt work...as the grub-mkconfig was ignoring the script...ok, it was probably because I didnt +x it (I'm not very smart today) ... so maybe it will work if done correctly

btw. It's not my thread, so I'm not sure if I can mark it as solved. And there will be probably more people with issues with this upgrade, as there are lot of unintuitive things in GRUB2 (imho) and the wiki page is overcomplicated I'm afraid

I have made a personal commitment not to reply in topics that start with a lowercase letter. Proper grammar and punctuation is a sign of respect, and if you do not show any, you will NOT receive any help (at least not from me).

Re: From grub to grub2... (and failed restore of grub-legacy!)

Actually, DSpider, I feel tempted to just keep using Syslinux, too. Not that it wouldn't eventually work, but if Syslinux does what I expect of a bootloader without much complication (apart from having a 1366x768 splash). Configuration seems much simpler and straightforward, much KISSer.

/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: scanning hostdisk//dev/sda for LDM.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: no LDM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: Scanning for lvm devices on disk hostdisk//dev/sda.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: this LDM has no Embedding Partition; embedding won't be possible.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

I did some research, but didn't find anything specific. I tried to increase the empty space in the beginning of the hd from 64 to 2048 sectors, but to no avail.

/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: scanning hostdisk//dev/sda for LDM.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: no LDM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: Scanning for lvm devices on disk hostdisk//dev/sda.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: info: no LVM signature found.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: this LDM has no Embedding Partition; embedding won't be possible.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

I did some research, but didn't find anything specific. I tried to increase the empty space in the beginning of the hd from 64 to 2048 sectors, but to no avail.

Re: From grub to grub2... (and failed restore of grub-legacy!)

I have made a personal commitment not to reply in topics that start with a lowercase letter. Proper grammar and punctuation is a sign of respect, and if you do not show any, you will NOT receive any help (at least not from me).

/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: this LDM has no Embedding Partition; embedding won't be possible.
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.